John Hanlon (singer)

John Hanlon (born 1949) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. From 1974 to 1976, he collected three successive New Zealand Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year awards, a feat achieved by no other artist before or since, as well as the APRA Silver Scroll two years in succession.^[1]

Though Hanlon was born in Malaya, he migrated to New Zealand during the 1960s. In 1978 he then moved to Australia running Sydney ad-agency LOUD.^[2]^[3] In recent years he has moved back to New Zealand where he continues to write books and play golf.^{[citation needed]}

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Career

Musicians he played with include Frank Gibson Jnr., Bruce Lynch, Suzanne Lynch, Billy Kristian, Tommy Adderley, Dave MacRae and Symphonia of Auckland.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Albums

Floating – 1973
Garden Fresh – 1974 NZ #28
Higher Trails – 1975 NZ #7
Use Your Eyes – 1976
Short Stories – 1988
The Very Best of John Hanlon – 2003
Just Quietly – 2009
12 Shades of Blue^[4] – 2010^[5]
After The Dam Broke – 2013, a double CD, 40 song compilation,^[3] Cd1 from the 70's and CD2 from then on. All track are re-mastered.^[6]
Naked Truths – 2021

Singles

"Damn the Dam" – 1973. Originally made as a 2-minute radio commercial for New Zealand Fibreglass as part of a campaign to make insulation compulsory in new homes, it became very popular and was released as a single by Hanlon on condition that the profits were donated to environmental bodies. It was a NZ #5. It was adopted by the opponents of the Lake Manapouri dam.^[7]
"Knowing" – 1973
"Shy Ann" – 1973
"I Care" – 1974
"Is It Natural" – 1974
"Lovely Lady" – 1974 NZ #1
"Apple Wine" – 1975 NZ #6
"Higher Trails" – 1975 NZ #35
"Romantically Inclined" – 1982
"Don't It Ever Get You Down" – 1988